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President of the European Commission Ursula von Der Leyen talks to the media with Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides, during a press conference at the Joint Search and Rescue Coordination center in Larnaca, Cyprus, on Friday, March 8, 2024. Von der Leyen is in Cyprus to inspect facilities at the port of Larnaca from where it's hoped ships will soon start departing for Gaza to deliver aid amid growing international support for the Cypriot initiative to establish a maritime humanitarian corridor to the Palestinian enclave some 240 miles (386 kilometers) away. (AP Photo/Marcos Andronicou)
File - A Palestinian woman displaced by the Israeli ground offensive on the Gaza Strip bake bread at a makeshift tent camp in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Monday, Feb. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Mohammed Dahman, File)
A barge loaded with around 200 tonnes of rice and flour that will be towed directly to Gaza by the Open Arms aid group ship is seen tied at a dock at port in Larnaca, Cyprus, on Friday, March 8, 2024. A ship bearing humanitarian aid was making preparations to leave Cyprus and head for Gaza, the European Commission president said Friday as international donors launched a sea corridor to supply the besieged territory that is facing widespread hunger after five months of war. (AP Photo/Marcos Andronicou)
The ship belonging to the Open Arms aid group is seen docked as it prepares to ferry some 200 tonnes of rice and flour directly to Gaza, at Larnaca harbor, Cyprus, on Friday, March 8, 2024. A ship bearing humanitarian aid was making preparations to leave Cyprus and head for Gaza, the European Commission president said Friday as international donors launched a sea corridor to supply the besieged territory that is facing widespread hunger after five months of war. (AP Photo/Marcos Andronicou)
FILE - In this photo provided by the French Army, a soldier gestures before air-dropping some material over the Gaza Strip, on Jan. 4, 2024. A top European Union official is Cyprus on Friday, March 8, 2024, to inspect preparations for sending desperately needed aid to war-ravaged Gaza by sea, just hours after President Joe Biden announced that the U.S. military will set up a temporary port off Gaza's Mediterranean coast in support of such efforts. (Etat Major des Armees via AP)
The ship belonging to the Open Arms aid group is seen docked, as it prepares to ferry some 200 tonnes of rice and flour directly to Gaza, at the Larnaca harbor, Cyprus, on Friday, March 8, 2024. The European Commission president said Friday the Open Arms ship will make a pilot voyage as international donors launched a sea corridor to supply the besieged territory that is facing widespread hunger after five months of war. (AP Photo/Marcos Andronicou)
President of the European Commission, Ursula von Der Leyen, left, Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides, center, and Cypriot foreign minister Constantinos Kombos walk after a press conference at the Joint Search and Rescue Coordination center in Larnaca, Cyprus, on March 8, 2024. Von der Leyen is in Cyprus to inspect facilities at the port of Larnaca from where it's hoped ships will soon start departing for Gaza to deliver aid amid growing international support for the Cypriot initiative to establish a maritime humanitarian corridor to the Palestinian enclave some 240 miles (386 kilometers) away. (AP Photo/Marcos Andronicou)
President of the European Commission, Ursula von Der Leyen, right, and Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides shake hands after a press conference at the Joint Search and Rescue Coordination center in Larnaca, Cyprus, on Friday March 8, 2024. Von der Leyen is in Cyprus to inspect facilities at the port of Larnaca from where it's hoped ships will soon start departing for Gaza to deliver aid amid growing international support for the Cypriot initiative to establish a maritime humanitarian corridor to the Palestinian enclave some 240 miles (386 kilometers) away. (AP Photo/Marcos Andronicou)
Oscar Camps, the founder of the Open Arms aid group, looks over a map on a monitor aboard the group's ship as it's docked at the port in Larnaca, Cyprus, on Friday, March 8, 2024. A ship bearing humanitarian aid was making preparations to leave Cyprus and head for Gaza, the European Commission president said Friday as international donors launched a sea corridor to supply the besieged territory that is facing widespread hunger after five months of war. (AP Photo/Marcos Andronicou)
FILE - President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, on March 7, 2024, in Washington. A top European Union official is Cyprus on Friday, March 8, 2024, to inspect preparations for sending desperately needed aid to war-ravaged Gaza by sea, just hours after President Joe Biden announced that the U.S. military will set up a temporary port off Gaza's Mediterranean coast in support of such efforts. (Shawn Thew/Pool Photo via AP, File)
Smoke rises to the sky following an explosion in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
A barge loaded with around 200 tonnes of rice and flour that will be towed directly to Gaza by the Open Arms aid group ship is tied at a dock at port in Larnaca, Cyprus, on Friday, March 8, 2024. A ship bearing humanitarian aid was making preparations to leave Cyprus and head for Gaza, the European Commission president said Friday as international donors launched a sea corridor to supply the besieged territory that is facing widespread hunger after five months of war. (AP Photo/Marcos Andronicou)
Rania Abu Anza cradles her twins, who were killed in an Israel strike on a house in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, Sunday, March 3, 2024. Abu Anza and her husband, who was killed in the same strike, spent 10 years trying to get pregnant. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)
Protesters with their hands covered in fake blood calling for the release of the hostages from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, during the Jerusalem marathon in Jerusalem, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
File - Palestinians line up for a free meal in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair, File)
Parachutes drop supplies into the northern Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
President of the European Commission, Ursula von Der Leyen smiles as she walks with Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides, rear left, after a press conference at the Joint Search and Rescue Coordination center in Larnaca, Cyprus, on Friday, March 8, 2024. Von der Leyen is in Cyprus to inspect facilities at the port of Larnaca from where it's hoped ships will soon start departing for Gaza to deliver aid amid growing international support for the Cypriot initiative to establish a maritime humanitarian corridor to the Palestinian enclave some 240 miles (386 kilometers) away. (AP Photo/Marcos Andronicou)